The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-06-22
PROCEEDINGS OF CITY COUNCIL.
ALEXANDRIA, La,

May %, 1887. {
Pursuant to call of the Mayor the City
Council met this day at 4 o'clock p. M,
for the purpose of taking action on petit
ton of property tax payers asking that an
election be called to take the sense OF the
people on the question of voting to the
Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad tax OF
five mills for ten years, and an additional
tax of five mills for three years to pur-
chase thirty acres of ground, to be dona-
ted to the said Louisiana and Arkansas
Railroad, on which to locate its depots,
machine and workshops.
Members PRESENT.
Thos. Crawley, Mayor,
II. S. Gosseas,
Ed Sullivan,
N. L. McGinnis,
Jacob Irving,
Jonas Rosenthal.
The following ordinance was offered by
Councilman McGinnis-
Railroad 1ar Ordifance.-Statc of Lon-
isiana, Parish Of Rapittes, City Of
Alexandria.
Whereas, the following petition signed
by one-third Of tho property tax payers OF
the City of Alexandria, which said petition
is as follows, to-wit:
Resolutions adopted at Mass leetiny Of
January 81. 1887.
ALEXANDRIA, La,
Jan. 21, 1887.
Resolved, That it be declared as the
sense of this meeting that the Town Of
Pinevlle and City of Alexandria agree
First-To vote to the Louisiana and Ar
kansas Railroad Company, its successors
or assigns five mill tax upon the assess
ed valuation of said town and city for a
term of ten yours, to be paid to said COM
pany by the proper officers Of said town
or city Immediately after the SAID tax is
collected.
Second-To donate or secure to said
company, its successors or assigns, the
right of way through the Parish of Rap
ides into and through the Town of Pine
vile and into and through the City OF
Alexandria.
Third-To procure and donate to said
company, it's successors or assigns, thirty
(30) acres of land in and adjoining the
corporation limits Of said City Of Alexan-
dria, at such a point or place as may be
determined upon by the engineers of said
company as necessary for terminal facil-
tiles; provided, however, that said COM
pany complete the construction of their
proposed road from Brinkfey, Ark, to
Alexandria, La, or commence the work
of construction at Alexandria or Pineville
previous to the first day of February,
| 1890; and provided further that if the
company, it's successors or assigns, com
mence to construct that portion of theil
line proposed to run in a northerly direc.
ton from Pineville or Alexandria, that
the road shall be completed from sale
Piaeville or Alexandria to Harrisonburg
in Catalonia Parish, before the first pay
ment under the tax shall be made. The
right of way and said thirty acres for ter
minal facilities to be procured for the sale
company, its successors or assigns, when
ever required by said company, it's success
sors or assigns. (Signed)
N. L. MCGINNIs,
L. V. MARYE,
JULIUS LEVIN,
GO. WATTS,
w. +. BLAcKMAN,
| G. w. BOLTON,
E. J. BARRETT.
The above resolution is accepted on be
half Of the Louisiana and Arkansas Rail
way Company. HARLOW NJ. HoYT,
Treasurer and General Counsel
The Company will not ask for the RICH
of way and the thirty acres for termina
facilities until ready to proceed with con
struction. HARLOW NJ. HoYT,
Treasurer and General Counsel
Petition.
ALEXANDRIA, LA,
May 8, 1887.
We, the undersigned, being one-thirt
of the property Taxpayers of the Town o
Alexandria, Rapides Parish, State of Lou
isiana, do respectfully petition your hon
orable body to levy a special tax of fiv
mills upon the taxable property of tn
Town Of Alexandria, for the period of tel
years, which tax when collected fror
time to time, as the same are annual
collected, shall be donated and paid owe
to the Louisiana and Arkansas Railroa,
Company, its successors or assigns, tn
. first payment to be made of the said tax
when the said company, its successors o
assigns, shall have completed good an
substantial standard guage railroad frol
Pineville, on Red river, to HarrisOnbure
on the Ouachita river.
, And we further petition your honorabl
body to levy special tax of FIVE mills o
, the taxable property of the Towu, fo
. three years, for the purpose of purchasin
!, grounds for work shops, depot ground
and other public improvements and tel
, minal facilities for said railroad-and tina
said election be held in accordance wit
Act No. 80 of the year 1886, and that suit
able ballots be provided inscribed respet
lively "For the Railroad Tax" an
against the Railroad Tax"
L. Y. Marye, A. Pettengill.
NJ. A. Zimmerman, j. NJ. Hetherwick,
s Jacob Geiger, Mires Rosenthal,
D. Kuhnagel, Sarah Gehr,
Bertrand We'll, s. Cullen,
: J. F. Pipes, Chas. Goldenborg,
! l. Jackson, d. Lehman,
John F6usan, N. L. McGinnis,
3 w. 0. Dammon, j. w. Dammon,
B. We'll, Robert P. Hunter,
r. j. Bowman, G. A. Schnack,
$ B. F. Dulaney for NJ. Ryan,
i, Rebecca Dulaney, A. Albert g. Son,
= Laura Dulaney, S. Schmalinski,
3 H. r. Dulaney, L. P. Wilmington